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Time of India
05-05-2025
- Science
- Time of India
IIT Madras launches free AI courses on Swayam Plus
Chennai: Indian Institute of Technology Madras ( IIT Madras ) has launched five free online courses on artificial intelligence through the Swayam Plus platform, aiming to make AI education accessible across disciplines. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The courses, lasting between 25 and 45 hours, are open to undergraduate and postgraduate students, faculty, and working professionals from engineering, science, commerce, arts, and interdisciplinary backgrounds. No prior AI or coding experience is required, with only basic digital literacy needed. The five courses are: AI in physics, AI in chemistry, AI in accounting, cricket analytics with AI, and AI/ML using Python. They offer hands-on activities, real-world datasets, and case study-based learning. Registration is open until May 12, 2025, on Swayam Plus. Highlighting the initiative, professor R Sarathi, dean (planning) and Swayam Plus Coordinator at IIT Madras, said these courses are aligned with National Credit Framework (NCrF) and can be adopted by universities as credit-earning skill development programmes for the upcoming academic year. A certification option is available for a nominal fee. Universities can integrate the courses into their curricula to enhance students' employability skills. For further information, candidates can contact pmu-sp@
The Hindu
05-05-2025
- Science
- The Hindu
IIT-Madras offers free AI courses through Swayam Plus
Swayam Plus, an initiative from Indian Institute of Technology - Madras has launched free AI courses for students and working professionals. The courses are open to disciplines beyond engineering, including arts, science, commerce. The last date to apply for these courses is May 12. The duration of a course can be from 25 to 45 hours. R. Sarathy, Dean of Swayam Plus coordinator said the courses were aligned to National Credit Framework and could be taken as a credit programme by higher educational institutions in the upcoming academic calendar. The courses aim at making AI accessible to students from disciplines such as arts, science, commerce. The course for physics has materialised the fundamental concepts with AI tools to explore machine learning and neural networks in solving real-world physics problems, included with hands-on labs and interactive applications. Chemistry courses will introduce students to apply AI tools, from predicting molecular structures to modelling chemical reactions by using real-world datasets, Python and SQL. Interested persons may register at More information on the courses can be obtained by writing to pmusp@ Swayam Plus is an initiative of IIT- Madras under the Union Education ministry and hosts over 380 online courses across over 15 sectors.
